Laundry-iron.



M. H. SHOENBERG.

LAUNDRY IRON. APPLICATION FILEDQJUNE 5, 1907.

1 1 96,990. Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

WITNESSES INVENTOR UNITED s ra rns ra rnn r onnron MILTON I-I. SHOENBERG, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, AssIeNoR, RY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE CUTLER-HAMMER MFG. 00., A CORPORATION OF WIS- CONSIN.

LAUNDRY-IRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

Application filed June 5, 1907; Serial No. 377,323.

' improved means for supporting the iron in upright position.

A further object of my invention is to provide an improved laundry iron carrying improved means for supporting theiron in inverted position so that it may be used as a stove.

A further object of my inventionis to provide an improved laundry iron carrying improved means for supporting the iron in its upright position or in inverted position, as desired.

According to my invention I provide a sad iron supporting member carried by the iron and adapted to be so located with respect to the iron as to support the same in upright position, or if desired, to support the iron in an inverted position. It is apparent that such a device may assume many and diverse forms, but all of these forms fall within the spirit and .forethought of my inventlon.

In the accompanying views I have, for the purpose of illustration, shown one form which my invention may assume in practice.

In these views :Figure 1 is a side ele vation of my improved laundry iron. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are side elevations showing my improved iron supported in different positions.

The body portion of the iron may be of any desiredoonstruction. Obviously, this body portion may be solid as in the case of the familiar sad iron which is heated by external means, or may be heated by any in ternal means such as electricity, gas or any other suitable means. Preferably, however, I employ an iron heated by an electric resistance unit and have illustrated such an.

iron by showing binding posts A fixed to a body portion A at points on opposite sides of the iron and at the rear of the same. Carried by the iron in any desired manner is any suitable handle. In the form illus trated in this application, this handle comprises a body portion engaging bar 2, having upwardly extending arms 52 which serve to support a heat insulated grip 3. My invention is, however, not limited to irons having any particular form of handle but includes irons having handles of Widely different types.

In the form of my invention illustrated in this application, I clamp a supporting mem ber to the handle by means of a screw, but it is obvious that other means of attaching the supporting member may be used, if desired. Near the middle of the rearmost arm 2, I may if desired, provide a lug 4 having a threaded recess. Adapted to engage with the threaded recess in the handle 2 is a screw 7. This screw preferably is in the form of a thumb screw and preferably has a flat head. On the rotation of this thumb screw, it is adapted to clamp the disk-shaped head 5 of a supporting member 6 to the lug 4. The surfaces of the disk-shaped head 5 and lug 4 are so constructed as to intercugage to hold the member 6 firmly in Whatever position it is clamped by the screw 7. To this end the head 5 is provided with a lug 8 adapted to engage in suitably disposed notches in the lug 4. The member 6 is preferably T-shaped and formed in one piece, consisting of a shank, the disk-shaped head 5 at one end of the same and oppositely extending T-arms 6 at the other.. The ends of the T-arms are preferably rounded as shown. The shank is so shaped as to bring arms 6 approximately into the same plane with the head of the thumb screw 7 at a point at the back of the iron. Thus the arms 6 are supported at a distance from the rear of the iron (Fig. 4). The length of the shank 6 is such as to bring the arms 6 into a position approximately in the same plane with the top of the grip 3 when the shank is turned through 180 degrees about the screw 7 to the position shown in Fig. 3. Due to the construction of the T-shapcd member and the location of the thumb screw 7, the two unite to form a stable support for the iron when in vertical position, the iron in this case being held at a suitable distance from the material being ironed, (Figs. 4) so that no injury can be done said material. This permits the iron to be placed in upright position at any time during the ironing operation, so that the operator may attend to various other matters without fear of burning the material being ironed.

By loosening the thumb screw 7, the T- shaped supporting member 6 may be swung through an angle of 180 degrees about its pivot on the thumb screw 7 to occupy its position shown in Fig. 3. WVhen in this position, the thumb screw is tightened and the iron may be inverted as shown in that figure. In this case, the T-arms 6 cooperate with the top of the grip 3 to provide a firm support for the iron in this inverted position. l/Vhen in this position, it may be used as a stove and is so stable as to provide an efficient and safe heating unit for this purpose.

By my improved construction I have pro vided an iron having a support for holding it in upright position, which is very economical, practical and convenient. Further, I have provided an iron having a support for holding it in inverted position which is more simple, inexpensive, stable and convenient in use than any of the devices heretofore known. Further, my improved sup port is capable of being readilv adjusted so as to fulfill either of these functions when desired.

It is obvious that my invention may assume many and diverse forms in practice, and I accordingly wish it to be distinctly understood that I do not limit myself to the particular construction shown and described in this application, and that I consider this construction to be but illustrative of the principle of my invention and of one form which it may assume, my invention itself being limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. An electric iron having a heating base and a handle and means movably attached to the iron and adapted when in one position to support the base out of contact with the surface upon which the iron is resting and when in another position to cooperate with the handle to support the base in an inverted position whereby it may be used as a stove.

2. A combined iron and stove having a heating base, a handle therefor, and means movably attached to the handle and adapted when in one position to support the base in a stove and means to clamp the movable means in various positions.

4. A combined iron and stove having a heating base, a handle therefor, means adjustably attached to the handle and adapted when in one position to support the base in a vertical position and when in another po sition to cooperate with the handle to support the base in an inverted position to form a stove, and means to clamp the adjustable means in either of its positions.

5. An iron comprising. a base, a handle therefor, means pivoted to said handle for supporting said iron, a clamp for securing said means in adjusted position, said means when swung to uppermost position being substantially the same height as the top of the handle whereby the base may be supported in an inverted position and when swung to lowermost position being in the same plane as the face of the clamp whereby the iron may be supported in a vertical position.

6. An iron having in combination a base, a handle and a T-shaped member swivelly mounted on said handle whereby it may be adjusted to support said iron either in upright or inverted position.

7. The combination with a laundry iron having a handle, composed of a grip portion and curved ends, one of said ends being provided with a flattened lug, of a shank or stem having a disk-shaped end to fit said lug, and a clamping screw passing through said disk-shaped end of the shank and into said lug and forming an axis about which the shank is turnable in a plane substantially at right angles to the face of the iron, said screw serving to clamp the shank rigidly in whatever position it may be turned.

8. The combination with a laundry iron having a handle which includes a grip portion and ends connecting therewith, one of said ends being provided with a flattened lug, of a shank or stem having a disk-shaped end to fit fiat-wise against said lug, said shank or stem having a bar at the opposite end extending right and left of said shank, and offset to stand away from the adjacent end of the iron, and a clamping screw pass ing through said disk and into said lug and forming an axis upon which the shank is In testimony whereof I have hereunto set turnable to support the iron on end and in my hand in presence of two subscribing Wit- 10 an inverted position. nesses.

9. An electric iron having a heating base MILTON H. SHOENBERG.

5 and a handle and means pivoted to said iron and cooperating With said handle to support Witnesses: the heating base in inverted position Where- S. H. NoUnsE, by it may be used as a stove. I FREDERICK E. MAYNARD.

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